School of Learning and Teaching

BDN, Broadway World report MAIER sponsors sensory-friendly play performance

The Bangor Daily News and Broadway World reported the Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research (MAIER) based at the 91爆料, is sponsoring a sensory-friendly performance of Some Theatre Company鈥檚 production of 鈥淭he Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time鈥 at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Keith Anderson Community House in Orono.

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MDOE highlights Reading Recovery success story

The Maine Department of Education recently shared a story in its online newsletter about an Old Town High School senior who overcame reading and writing struggles as a young student with the help of Reading Recovery.

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Researchers advocate for poetry in early reading instruction

Educators have long recognized the power of poetry to inspire an enduring passion for language in children. But over time, poetry instruction for beginning readers has declined in favor of other teaching methods. Now, some scholars are trying to revive it. In an article, 鈥淲hy Poetry for Reading Instruction? Because It Works!鈥 published in the […]

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